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Solomon Grundy

Name: Solomon Grundy
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Amaro (e.g. Lucano); 15 ml Vermouth alla vaniglia; 5 ml Fernet liqueur; 4 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lucano amaro
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
4 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or pinch of salt

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Fluet Old Fashioned 1920 34cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Solomon Grundy contains 193 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
26.3% alc./vol. (52.61° proof)
23.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth rosso alla vaniglia (e.g. Antica Formula) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2011 by Dan Long while bartending in Los Angeles. The Solomon Grundy is eponymously named after the supervillain in DC Comics, who, in turn, is named after a 19th-century nursery rhyme.

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
That was the end,
Of Solomon Grundy.

More cocktails by Dan Greenbaum

Review

Whether a big meal or a big night, this cleansing bittersweet herbal digestive is a great way to finish it, and by Saturday, according to the nursery rhyme, Solomon Grundy was properly finished.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.06 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Amaro Lucano 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$29.99 $0.91 per cocktail Amaro Lucano image

Carpano Antica Formula 375ml - makes 25 cocktails
$19.99 $0.80 per cocktail Carpano Antica Formula image

Fernet Branca 375ml - makes 75 cocktails
$19.99 $0.27 per cocktail Fernet Branca image

$4.04 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Chris Brislawn 2y

Made it exactly to recipe---Hayman's, Antica, Fernet---except used Nonino Amaro since I don't have Lucano. Not surprisingly, just 5 ml of Fernet obliterates the contributions of all other ingredients in the drink, including the pricey Nonino. There might be a complex cocktail hiding in there, but I can't taste it above all that minty Fernet Branca. I'm going to put Fernet in a dripper bottle and use it like bitters from now on, a few drops or at most a dash at a time. Glad I only have a split.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Agreed. Even at 1.25 ml or as close as I could measure into the jigger, fernet dominated, although I could slightly taste the other ingredients.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Roughly 3-4 drops I would say.

Andreas Beil 2y

Hi. Any proposal what amaro could sub for the Lucano? Might Averna be an option? Cheers Andreas

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

Nonino is much nearer than Averna, but I'd recommend investing in a bottle of Lucano. It's one of the foundation amari.

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